It Seemed Like a Good Idea
It Seemed Like a Good Idea
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea by William Forstchen
Throughout the annals of history, the best of intentions -- and sometimes the worst -- have set in motion events with a vastly different outcome than originally intended. In this entertaining, fact-filled chronicle, William Forstchen and Bill Fawcett explore the watersheds of history that began as the best of ideas and ended as the worst of fiascoes.A HOLY WAR -- The Medieval Crusades for religious liberation become centuries of slaughter and destruction.
-- SIBLING RIVALRY -- Lief Erikson spares his sister's life and delays the discovery of the New World for five hundred years.
BIG GUNS -- Emperor Constantine XI refused to buy a new supercannon that would have let him dominate his enemies, so its creator sold the cannon to the Turks, who then crushed Constantinople.
With casual wit and subtle insight, It Seemed Like a Good Idea.tucks tongue in cheek and rides out the fiascoes of history.
NEWT GINGRICH, front-running Republican primary candidate for the 2012 Presidential Election, former Speaker of the House, bestselling author of Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor, the longest serving teacher of the Joint War Fighting Course for Major Generals at Air University, and an honorary Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Professor at the National Defense University. He resides in Virginia with his wife, Callista, with whom he hosts and produces documentaries, including their latest, A City Upon A Hill.
WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN, Ph.D., is a Faculty Fellow at Montreat College in Montreat, North Carolina. He received his doctorate from Purdue University and is the author of more than forty books. Forstchen's doctoral dissertation on the 28th USCT was one of the first in depth studies of a USCT regiment. He is the New York Times best selling author of One Second After, published by Tor/Forge. He resides near Asheville, North Carolina, with his daughter, Meghan.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780380807710 |
| ISBN 10 | 0380807718 |
| Title | It Seemed Like a Good Idea |
| Author | William Forstchen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | William Morrow Paperbacks |
| Year published | 2017-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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